Cradle of Coaches

Jim Rose

  • Position Basketball
  • Custom1 2002
  • Custom2 One of the most accomplished high school basketball coaches in Ohio history, Rose graduated from Miami University in 1951. That fall, he began his coaching career at his alma mater, Oxford McGuffey High School, leading the junior varsity boys basketball team. Over the next 20 years (1951–72), he compiled a 255-134 record as head coach at Lemon Monroe High School (1952–53), Urbana High School (1954–56), and Bedford High School (1956–72).

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